Display stand



Tsrspzd Feb. 15,1927. J. JVOGLER 7 DISPLAY STAND Fi led Jan. 11, 1924Patented Feb. l5, 1927.

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:DIsPLAY'sTANDQ Application filed January 11, 1924.. Serial No. 685,539.I i

i This invention relates to'certain improvements in display stands,being particularly designed for displaying tooth brushes and similararticles having handles.

It is the especial object of the invention to provide a display stand ofimproved design which shallmake an attractive appearance on a counter orin a show window inwhich the tooth brushes or similar articles, providedwith handles, may be. displayed in an erect position,the stand beingdesigned so that handles varying in size may be posi- -tioned as desiredinthe stand.

7 It is a further object of the invention to i provide such a stand inwhich the articles to be displayed may be readily put in position in thestand and removed therefrom.

With these and. other objects not specifically referred to, theinvention consists in certain novel parts, arrangements and combinationswhich will be described in connection with the accompanying drawings,and the novel hereunto appended.

In these drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view'of the im proved stand.I M

Figure 2 is a section taken on l1ne 2 2' of Fig. 1, certain ofthebrushes being omitted. Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view taken online 3 3 of Fig. 2.

g of the bottomiof the stand.

Referring now to these drawings, the 1mshort sides 3. This baseisarranged to hold V the articles, such as toothbrushes in uprightposition, the brushes being held with the brush part at the recesses toreceive the handles of the brush. These tooth brush handles are apt tovary somewhat in size sothat means are provided for accommodatinghandles which vary somewhat in size, the handlerecei'ving recesses beingprovided or. formed with handle receiving surfaces which will yield-toper-- mit this. While the specific construction for efiecting this maybesomewhat varied, as shown the base is provided with a row of recesses 4with intervening webs 5, these recesses being provided in any desirednumber. The walls of these recesses are provided features pointed out inthe claim,

re 4 is a partiallyibroken away view proved stand'will include a base 1,which top, and is provided with with resilient or springjmeans whichwill yield to receive thebrush handles, and in the particular embodimentof-the invention v illustrated, these recesses will be provided fromtherecesses when the brush handle is removed from the plug. This issimply effected by providing the plugs with a flange 7 which takes undera shoulder 8. formed by cutting away the base underneaththe same,

. the plugs being inserted in the recesses from the underside ofthebase. The'plugs are- I held in-position and kept from pulling out oftherecesses in any suitable manner, as by a strip of veneeror the like,indicatedat 9.

These handle receiving plugs are provided with sockets, indicated by thenumeral 10, and these sockets, in the best constructions are downwardlytapered, as indicated atll in Fig.2. "These sockets are, furthermore,shaped 'approximately like the brush handle they are toreceive, being,as in the present instance,'somewhat elongated to re ceive the handles12 of the brushes, and these sockets will-extend across'the base as"shown so that the heads of the "brushes will face sideways with respectto the long-dimension of the case, thus displaying'the brushes to' thebest advantage, and providing a'construction by which the brushescanonly be placed 1n their correct position by the attendant in filling thecase.

The display stand may, if desired, be p vided with a casing whichsurrounds the brushes, and this casing will preferably be 5 providedwith an opening so as to permit the ready removal of the brushestherefrom; While this case maybe of various forms, as shown it comprisesa top18, a front wall 14 andend walls 15, which may be of any suitablematerial as glass, the back of the casing 16 being left open throughwhich the brushes may be inserted in position and removed from thecasing.

With the stand shown and 7 described,

brushes and similar articles having handles g which vary considerably incross sectlon may beaccommodated in thecase and may be secured thereinso as to stand 'firmly erect, and

make. While the invention has been shown in its preferred form, it willbe understood that the size, shape and material of the sockets by whichthe brush handles are held may be varied to some extent, as also may bethe manner in which they are secured in the base, Without departing fromthe invention as defined in the appended claim.

-What I claim is:

A display stand for tooth brushes and a basemember having a recessprovided with a shoulder adjacent thebottoin thereof,

a rubber plug seated in said r cess, a flange on said plug arranged tooverlie said shoulder, saidplug having an opening there in arranged toreceive the handle of the article, and a strip arranged to be secured tobottom of the base member to prevent dis placement of said plug.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set 25 my hand. 4

JOHN J. VOGLER.

